Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay; Or, The Disappearing Fleet

"I see it, Ned!" suddenly said Jack, triumphantly—Page 238 Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay. BOY SCOUTS ON HUDSON BAY OR THE DISAPPEARING FLEET By G. HARVEY RALPHSON Author of BOY SCOUTS IN THE CANAL ZONE BOY SCOUTS IN THE NORTHWEST BOY SCOUTS IN A MOTOR BOAT BOY SCOUTS IN A SUBMARINE Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY Copyright 1914 M. A. Donohue & Company Chicago Contents I. The Five Chums In Camp. 7 II. A Wild Charge. 18 III. Was It a Spy? 30 IV. Down the Swift Rapids. 42 V. Woodcraft. 53 VI. On the Shore of the Salty Sea. 65 VII. The Mysterious Blur on the Horizon. 77 VIII. Two Kinds of Woodcraft. 89 IX. "Salting" the Mine. 101 X. Scout Tactics. 113 XI. A Successful Sortie. 125 XII. The Talking Smoke. 136 XIII. A Dreadful Calamity. 148 XIV. Blinding the Trail. 159 XV. The Brush Shelter. 171 XVI. The Sea Fog. 182 XVII. On Board the Wreck. 193 XVIII. After the Storm. 204 XIX. The Battle of the Hulk. 216 XX. Besieged. 227 XXI. Unexpected Help. 237 XXII. The Mystery Solved—Conclusion. 247 Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay; or, The Disappearing Fleet. By G. HARVEY RALPHSON THE FIVE CHUMS IN CAMP. "Sure it's me that hopes we've seen the last tough old carry on this same wild-goose chase up to the Frozen North!" "Hello! there, is that you, Jimmy, letting out that yawp? I thought you had more sporting blood in you than to throw up your hands like that!" "Oh! well I sometimes say things that don't come from the heart, you know, Jack. Wait, me boy, till I get good and rested up, and mebbe I'll sing a different tune. Ask Ned here if it's me that often shows the white flag when trouble comes." "Well, I should say not, Jimmy McGraw. There never was a more stubborn nature in all New York than you, once you'd set your mind on anything. That talk of being discouraged is all on the surface. A thousand cataracts wouldn't keep you from getting to Hudson Bay in the end, if you'd said you meant to reach open water. And Jack Bosworth knows that as well as I do." "That's right; I do," laughed the party mentioned as Jack, as he slapped Jimmy on the back. "I've seen him tested and tried out many the time, and never once did…